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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — A court in Kazakhstan has ruled that an ethnic Kazakh woman from China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang who is on trial for illegally crossing the border will not be deported to China, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced a former mayor of the country’s capital, Bishkek, to a lengthy prison term as a high-profile corruption trial finished here on December 23.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Uzbek Central Election Commission has announced preliminary results of the December 22 parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan, the first such vote since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power nearly three years ago.
TBILISI (TCA) — According to former EU and US Ambassadors to Georgia Denis Corboy, William Courtney, and Kenneth Yalowitz “Georgia’s status as a post-Soviet democratic leader is under challenge. A flawed presidential election, use of force against protesters, and political manipulations by the secretive billionaire who heads the ruling Georgian Dream Party have strained public confidence and brought mounting public protests. Domestic calm may hinge on improving political dialogue and conducting free and fair parliamentary elections in fall, 2020.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister overseeing trade Chary Gylydzhov last week briefed President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov that the domestic enterprise Agzybirlik tilsimaty had launched the production of Turkmen computers, Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported with reference to the state information agency TDH.
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KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani appears set to win a second term after Afghan election officials announced he had won 50.6 percent of the preliminary vote count. Hawa Alam Nuristani, chairwoman of the Independent Election Commission, made the announcement at a press conference on December 22 in the capital, Kabul, RFE/RL reported.
